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jjpjjt iDatcijmow ana Souiljron. ? .t MTKK WATCHMAN. BMahMah?? April, ISM. 'Be JaM and Fear not?Let nil the ends Thon Ahnst at be thy Country's, Thy God'e and Truth'*." tttk- rni.g MKmajoM ?_-? rit Tunr. Mm Consolidated Aug. 3,1881. SUMTEB,. S. C? SATUKDAY, JUNE I, 1912. Vol. XXXIV. No. 28. MINNESOTA FOR WILSON. (iuVKHNoH ISHI HI I) Ol 'I II XI sl'M K S 21 Dt.l.l?. \ IT ?> Two < krk m legate* KWclOd Ilm Will be Round by l'nit Kuh-?<Mlw i l>K trfct* Family Won. Duluth. Minn May : ? W - -Ii .-u Wilson wa? indorsed eniphatfc ill) .1 the Democratic count; ? ??tr . ntmn held In Minnesota PmIiv nd | ioIM Wilson delegation of 21 will be sent t?* Baltimore. Two Clark delegate* wer? chosen in the St. Paul districts, but they will he bound for Wilson >?> the unit rule to be ad >pted at the State convention. In all the other districts the Wilson rota was over? whelming. l\HKs RFATKN IN RKNTKKV, Sraaenr-ele? t *alb* In ConU-st for Con? trol of ( ou\enthm. tiov. Mci'reary's Fwetew Winning. Louhrvllle. Ky.. May 29.?Gov. J. B, SfcCreary defeated Cnlted States s.n ator-elect Ollle James for tempor ar\ chairman of the Democratic State convention here this afternoon by swinging control of the re-organized State committee Into the hands of the administration forces and making the ?lection of Ruf us H. Van Zandt. cm didete for State chairman, certain. With enough delegates pledged for Champ Clark to Insure him a solid delegation of 26 votes from Kentucky to the national convention. Interest in today's meeting centred In the fac ? tional struggle. Mr. James, whose name had b???n used as a rallying cry for the anti-administration forces, as* sumed personal charge of the light on the ioor and presented his own name ior temporary chairman. A! <%Wl two counties pad voted before It :*4ss^C?rtaJn Gov. M < r. try had a ^tttPtt^VSnf) th*n Mr ^^^Bflp AYeepfcis u >-< LUMI asoteon which toft woopson t,osi s place. I sil- to Gein Instruction* for He-oliH' n..o m% National Committee, of Which He i?. Hesretnry. Louisville. Kv.. Mav 29.?1 I v Wo.?d-?on of i hi ? ?stssPFs> K\ . HlSSBbOf of the national Democratic commit? tee for II years, and secretary of that body for several years, failed to gain the Instructions of the State Demo? crstic convention here tonight. His lot ? . r will l .? John < \ <'. Mayo. MSTKH'I DEMOCRATS SPLIT. One Holl \mong Hollers Follows F1r?*t DhMon?One Convention ln MMsl f??r < lark. Washington. M iy 29.?District of Columbia Pesnocmti split Into three fa. tt< in l d ?v as a r?*sult of attempts to hold a convention to name dele? gates to the ll.tltimore national con? vention, nm- convention. held in the appointed hall, after turbul. tt scenes. In which the police partici? pated, elected 12 Instructed nark delegate* to cast the six votes to which the district is entitled. ters from the first tPssVOAtlon accompanied by National Committe?. i: )' New in tn \? eni t'> .inother hall, organised and elected another set of delegates, unlnstructed. As a result of a disagreement between the factions in this convention. Nation t! Committeeman Newman again bolted, taking many delegates with him. The local Democratic clysirman. .f. Fred Kelly, refused to anil >e Otig* tnal convention or la Issue ?fsjgontsnll to sny delegated. S|?l \K I It \\ I N IN \ltl/.<>\ \ (lark OssTflfl l'rimatle.. in Neu Mate by Large MnJorli> Offf <.o% \\ II son. ?Phoenix An.., M >v Speak.-r Clark carried A r Ixona in |?da| 1 Dom? r ritt - president la I piin...r> by a \ote ?f at lea't I to I sjs/sjf ftOY\ Wilson ?. i rdng to r? *urns t. . d e??r 1 > "... night. Mu\ i \N \ i mi; < i IHK M,.i. - i Ii? in Delegate* Ire?! met eil fin s|*nk< i Mont., May 19??Montana Wmorrats In state convention her? ?his afternoon unanlmonsU adopted mlttee r?-*o|utlon Indorsing the . r.did if y t >r pre-udent >>( SgSJ ikof rhsmp Clark, and Instirw?lad the eight delegates to vote for h!m. They ere to support him nj long as the msjnritv of the SstsSgntloa h.die ? I that he has a chain. for lh? presi? dential nomination. The platform Indorei d the Action* ??i |lm Democratic hont? on its leglala Ihn record, warmly commended the yetofds of speaker Clark, Gov, Bd w in I.. Norrli and Bcnatot Hann I* Myers, reaffirmed the Denver plat? form and rafarred to ins ?trugi i tween Tefl and Col, R ? It ai a dlagraccful ep sode. IM?KH\V(M>I Ml N l i l t 11 1). Picked raf Delegates to National Con v ntion. Jaekeonvllle, Pia., May is.?R? turns fr?>m the atcond Democratic primary are Still incomplete. Enough figures have been secured, however, to indicate that all of the Cnder STOOd delegates to the national COU vention have heen elected. >>ut it will be Impossible to give names of th" delegates until the offlcia. oanvass. In? dications are thut t'ongresman Clark has beei. re-nominated as congress? man from the Fifth district, and Claude L. Engle elected congress? man at larue by probably 5,000 ma? jority. two Wilson relegates. Fifth North Carolina RMrict Give* Instructions, Oreenshoro, N. ('.. May lt.?Demo? crats of the Fifth congressional dis? trict in session h-r<. tonight re-noin. nated Representative ("has. M. Sted man and elected gj delegate! to the Baltimore Convention C, H, Hast? ings. Forsythe County; W. A. Craham. c.tauviiie. Alternates, Vlctoi 8. Bry ant, Durham; J. P, Maynes, lurry. They are Instriu ted for Woodrow Wilson. COLONEL W1IX N?H ATTEND. Dec lare* ft*S Practically Certain He Will Not gg* PraatSll at ( bleugo (?inhering. New York, May 00,?Col, Roose? velt Nil al 1.10 o'clock this morning for Gettybuig. Pa, 10 make two spe- fhCfl there tod.iv. OUi at B lunch* eon and one at a gathering of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineer* on the battlefield o Gettysburg, As he was aho it to board his train. Col. Roosevelt wai asked whet bet he would attend tht.i? \enti,>n at Chicago, '1 did not expect to go." he said. "I can not Imagine anything that would cause me to go, It's a thousand to one that I won't." LVEOLI.ETTE WONT REHRE Senator Annoumi's He Will bo in Race for Republican Nomination Till |ggft] llallot. LaCrosse, Wis., May J9.?Senator LaFollette here t<?day reiterated em? phatically that he would remain in the race for the Republican presiden? tial nomination on every i-aiiot taken. "I deem this course necosuery to tho integrity of the progressive move? ment." he said. "The conditions com? plained of grew niubr both RoOSeVell am! Taft. Thos,? who are satisfied Should vote for mo or the other of these men. Thoas v. ho wish a Changs can not conscb ntiously support either." Mil Is NF.XT MAR IN AIK EN . Offio is Elected b) '.rand Lodge Knights of Pythias, Mpartanburg, May 20,?At the meeting ol the Orand Lodge, Knlghti Of I'ytbias. held hwM today, it was decided hoi,i the negl annual meet? ing at Alken, The following officers Wer,. e|. < ted | i "i t ii u s. Kvans, n| Qreenw.I, Orand Chancellors Qeorge w. Dick, of surnter. Orand Vice Chancellor; M. K. ?? borne, ol Bpnrtanburg, Grand Prelates ?*. i?. lirovwn, ol Abbeville, Orand Keeper of is.rdi and Bealsj Wilson H, Harvey, of Charleston, Orand Maates of Rgehenjuers J, M, Oliver of Orangeburg, Orand Mus? ter ?1 x rmsj Pet ??. w. Pi ? ?. of Harnwell, Orand Inner Qunrd, and E. R. ?''?\. of Darllngt ?n, Orand Out? er t luai l The neat matter for onulderntlon was the fight rid igalnst the publication of the South Carolins Pythian. Thll Wai 0 long drawn out battle, and after I he ? leared an ly ttto vote f r the oni nuatton ol the publication greatly mtnumbered Ihoes nn b<i \n ? re np.i t,, jt. Mr. c? E. 0i nders, ol Hagood, wai in the eKy w? dn< iday, iW HEAR DEGLAIMERS. hi i LAM \ I lo\s PROBABLY THK BJ rtT WHICH HAVK I VKit m i x i>i i i\i in i) i;\ v URAIH'ATING i LAss. Moultrie in-Lorn c Won Competitive Drill?dtj National Bank Prise \\< nt to Miss Florence Shaw ami Ueorge Bultnmu?Btrauss Medals Won by John Moore ami Miss Julia Reynolds ? Oilier IVntures of Commencement. Wednesday night marked the first of the annual closing exercises t the Bumter high schools. The exercises were well attended as !? usually the case and were very interesting all the way through. Tin- drilling wai of a high order and the declamation! were probably the host, .is a who..' which . any graduating class has ever de-, llvered. i Phs rain in tin- afternoon had cleared the atmosphere Of dust and had cooled the atmosphere which no doubt added materially to the num bof in attendance upon the exercises, although there wer?' signs of rain at ate time to go to the Acadom) in which as usual the closing exercises were held. The building was tilled, though not packed by an interested crowd, whose Interest was retained until the completion of ihr last num? ber on the program. The exercises were commenced promptly at 8 O'clock when tie curtain ascended ! and the Rev. D. M. McLeod Invoked ! fhe divine blessing. The pupils of the high school were 1 Heated on the stage, tin- members of 1 the graduating class of glrli being seated in a semi-circle at (he front ' with the boys stated Immediately be- 1 hind them. The class of graduates is 1 a large one, though not so large gfl last year, which was the banner class Of tile high sell ?1 for all time Up to now, there being twenty-two girls ami I ?oventeen boys comprising it. ah oi | ths young ladies wore their prettiest j pink or blue dresses, as the case might be. and ypoatntod VOSS frpniV I tiful speetadti grouped as they were where all could be in plain View ol IhS audience. As |S usually the Cans on the first night of commence- ! nient, the exercises w -re for the maj? or part in the l ands of tin- boys, al? though it is saf< to say that the glrli nttract? <i their full share oi atten? tion? Following the opening of the ex? ercises with prayer, the three pick? ed men from the battalion?men who had been selected at a previous pre? liminary competitive drill?were lined up on the stage and drilled in the manual ol arms ami tarings for the gieater part of twenty minutes. In this picked squad were Messrs. Hob art Dougherty, Moultrie l ?eLorme and Hoger Blddall. It was only by ? taking Into account the smallest in- j accuracies that the judges, Messrs. : Robbie Brown, Perry Brown and B. <k Cantey, wire aide to com.- to any decision. .Moultrie DeLorme was the fortunate one selected as the best drilled man In th< battalion and to hin was presented the medal which i Is annually the reward of the mem- j ber of the high school companies [ who wins out over his competitors. The medal was presented by Mr. Xelll O'Donnell who stuted In a few words that all of the people of Slimter wa re extremely proud of their schools and what their schools had don.- and of the military feature In the schools. He hoped that the winn. r would nev? er be called on lo serve his country in war. hm ? he was called on he hoped he would serve with the same ndellt) us he had served his school, Next the medals offered by the City National Rank for the two best Ad? vertisements for the invlngS depart? ment of the bank were awarded by Mr. R, i. Manning, One of these medals was offered t?? a boy and one to a girl oi the graduating class, Miss Florence shaw w.is th.- winner of nil,, medal all I Mr. ?borge Hult man won the other, Mr, Manning in presenting 'he tw<> medals mad.- a shot! talk concernlnu 'he necessity of saving. lb- mentioned the fact thai the Increased eosl of living was due to < \tr.i. ige i< i. not only In this community, but all over the coun? try, l le called utteni nil to the facl that it wan b) ad\ pi Using thai the people Were reached and the necessity of effective advertising, lie stated that the truth mist bi told In adver? tising In make II mod effective, a* the tiuth was always most effeel ve. i Mr, j. a. m.I In a few pleasnnl rem u ks made th - presentation of the Strauss medals for besl compositions in the 'ready writing contest." He stated that the lubject ><f the om? THE "AO." CLUB MEETING. THINGS SEEN AND DONE BY VIM TORS TO LONE STAR MAIL. Secretar) Snell Teil? of the Great Convention of Advertising Men of America and England Recently Held at Dallas?South Carolina Well Represented, "Texas is a great State and dues tilings in a 'arge way." said Mr. Knell, speaking of the recent advertis? ing convention at Dallas. The great? est advertising experts of the United States, Canada and England W< re gathered at this convention and they were royally entertained by Texas and the large cities of Texas. Dallas alone spent $100,000 In entertain? ment. The great automobile parade contained 1?700 autoi and came up the mi in business street four abreast. A luncheon was given at the Dallas Country Club to the 8,000 delegates. The reception and ball given in honor of President Coleman was a special feature. Over 5,000 people were I resent and the decorations were e'a' "ite. The convention by no means was all entertainment. While the real sessions of the convention opened on i Monday, Sunday was made a special day. Advertising men spoke from nearly every pulpit In the city Bun day morning. Sunday afternoon Pres? ident Coleman addressed a great mass meeting on the work of the Ford Hall meetings in Boston, where every creed ;ind religious and non-religioui denomination was gathered to listen to some famous speaker who may have some particular message. Sunday evening Dr. M. Ashley Jones of Au g sta sounded the key note of the i onventlon In a i lea for a higher moral tone In all advertising. Boston last year, raised the standard of honest) In advertising, while the Dal? las convention s< t up the standard of efficiency* No state in the Cnlon reeelvi I more advertising but >tf the " ?aflas convention that South Carolina with the single exception oi Texas. The larger cities of the state were all represented and they pulled together In advertising the State. While the other delegations were talking of their own cities, the delegations from this state were boosting the oppor? tunities offered in South Carolina, Charleston sent her Meistersingers and they were a special feature. The next convention will be held In Bal? timore and it was determined by the representatives of the State that a special South Carolina train should be sent to Baltimore. Every Ad Club position this year had been: "My Ideas of What a Home Should Be" and the time was seventy minutes, Mis.- Julia Reynolds and John B. Moore were the winners of these two prises, !'? lowing Came the declamation-;. There were eight contestants picked front the class in a preliminary con? test several months ago, These con? tested for tin- Rhame Decluimera' medal which is offered annually by Mr. \v. P. Rhame to the best de? claimer of the graduating class. All of thf> declamations Acre extremely well chosen, being decidedly the best, as a whole, which hav< been delivered by any graduating class, and all were delivered In an excellent manner, [n fact it was hard for the hearers to decide upon which ones were hot? ter than others. and it is prohnbb that the judges also had a hard time in coming to their conclusion, even though they put down on paper the record of each orator. The decision Will be announced and the medal will be presented tonight during the ex? ercises. Interspersed with the other nnm beri of the programme music was furnished by the Kuinter Band, nm of the new, but efficient organisation of the ( Ity. The band was heartily applauded by the audience and help , d to i great extent to make ihi evening Interesting and pleasant. The d? i lalmers and t h. Ir deelama tlon? were as follows: The Wild Olive Wreath Roger Sid dull. Robert B, Le< ?Robert Lee l >ough orty, America's Mission?Allen Brown, gpnrtacui to the Roman Envoys? Moultrle DeLorme, The Pol sh Roy Edward Wright. Found Gullt> of High Treason?Joh Moore. The March of Mind?-Robert Reave: Regulus to th.- Carthaginian?WIJ son Bpann. in the State is to be strengt!)? ned und enlarged. During the winter month? ly meetings will be held and the edu? cational course furnished by the Nat? ional association li to be taken Up and studied In order that each i ity may understand advertising better, Millions, Of dollars have been wasted in useless advertising. Every city and town ha? just so much money t" spend in advertising as represented by its business houses. The city that secures the most fur this money , in direct returns from direct adver? tising is the city that will do the most business and prosper. Bumter lias ac? complished a great deal along this line during the past year. Her mer? chants have combined to cut out all j frauds and fakes. They have rub ,! out all program, booklet, special cards and wasteful advertising of this na? ture and are determined to get re? sults for the money they spend. The study of the best form of writing ad? vertisements which will appeal and convince the prospective customer will be taken up through the Sumter A/O Cub. Sumter will not and should : be behind her sister cities in this re* spect. After the Dallas convention, a thousand mile f: was taken through Texas in four special trains. Fort Worth, Waco, San Antonio, Galves ton and Houston were visited. The delegates were royally entertained at these cities. Texas certainly "did her? self proud" and there were many les? sons to be learned by the visitors that could he taken home. Her farms, farm buildings, splendid highways, which were built entirely by county bond issues, and general air of pros? perity were a constant source of sur? prise to the visitors. The Texas peo? ple are proud of their cities and they may well be. All of the cities, are thoroughly paved. Th itreetS show care with beautiful weii kept lawns, and the absence of hig' ' oard fen- ef is especially noticeable Nearly all these cities have the commission form of government an< aey adver? tise that fact .u t>. u in .atuie uv iU Inducement for settlers and Investors and they are proud of their city gov? ernments. Tt was a great convention and Baltimore will have to go some to equal it. _ SHOWER FOR BRIUK-ELECT. >li-- Claudia Praser Entertains in Honor of Mi? llallie .tone?. A social event 'of Interest to a great many people in this city was the miscellaneous shower given Tues? day afternoon by Miss Claudia Freeer at her home on North Main street in honor of Miss Hallte Jones, whose marr age to Mr. Yutes Yeadon is an? nounced for June 6th. Th ? parlor, where the guests were received, was beautifully decorated with green and white cut (lowers as if for a wedding, and the heart shaped score cards on which fold hearts marked tin- scores helped to carry out this scheme of decoration. Near dice was the game of the af? ternoon and S pleasant half hour was -p.nt in this amusement. After? wards tlie guests v\ ? fc request <l to writ.- their wishes for the bride-to be, These wishes were read aloud be? fore they were presented to the guest of honor. Oullded wish bone- were presented us favors to each of th. guesttt, On thai presented to the bride-elect were a pair of beauty pins, which she was asked to keep as a so< venlr of the occasion. Alt r ;iu Ice tours, bad I.ecu serv? ed, tin- guests were aaked into the dlnltlg room which was also taste? fully lecorated. The lights wet.- cov? ered over with pink, and a shower ol pink mnlene ribbon und sweet peas was suspended from the chadelier producing a softening and beautiful effect. On the t ilde underlie Ith cuptds were seen playing hide ami seek among the foliage and on top <u a large cake, which graced the cen? ter of the table, Cupid sal enthroned. Th.- hride-to be w is called upon to CUt the ..ike. wbi.b she dd in dain'y manner, and which she found to tilled with many beautiful presents. Tin m.it. 11a i for the l?0x in foot ga a tank arrived in the clt) Monday morning and that afternoon v\ is be? ing hauled down to the plant build ing and arranged so that the tank can he erected in 'he neu future. 'Ph.- sidetrack has not yet oeen put In by the Coast Line and it is prob? able that the engine and boiler will not be shipped until the sidetrack Is ompleted. SKN8ATIOXAL MIXING IN CO Ll'MBIA LAST NIGHT. C, \\ . Spenoe Shoots Robert OTry and Now Paces Charge of Murder. Inquest Held Today. Columbia, May 30.?-Curtis W. Bponce, an employe of the street rail? way company at the substation on As? sembly street, pumped five bullets Into Robert L. O'Pry, an insurar.ee collector, last night and then told the oHicers who arrived 'ater that he did the shooting. The whole affair was over in a lew seconds and those who heard the sho* "Uhered to look at the dead bod /Pry after Spence had been .o the police station by the who sent in the call and th *V duty at the station who hear;^ ,hots, just one block away. Do. troubles are said to be the <>, 6t the shooting, according to ^* ,r Davis, who knew the men and M of previous quarrels. The fact aat both were put under peace bond by Recorder Verner is a part of the record, as is the fact tnat O'Pry and his wife were separated. The shooting occurred about 8.30 o'clock on west Lady street, near the office of the Southern Express, com? pany, about a half block from Main street. According to the testimony of witnesses secured by the police^ and by Coroner Walker, Three shots were fired in rapid succession and then two more, the shooting being done with a Colt .38 calibre pistol. The first shots were so quick that Ernest Wlx, who was in the express office at the time, - and rushed out. saw O'Pry fall, heard him cry out and saw .-pence fire se*w eral times afterwards, at the time warning others to keep Thos. Norton of the city boaxs^t health force and Officer lrhy the s< ene immediately. Sppisj marked to Norton: "I did HL that Knife by Ins side and see)* one gets it." Wix says^ flj ? i?/.tnu.-it. to snap ,#jfcr was emptied. Speneo v. .is carried !0 the station at once and OYry's body was removed to McCormick'S under? taking establishment later. The in? vestigation started at ence. The police and Coronet learned that O'Pry and Spence had been placed under peace bond by Recorder Ver? ner alter a tight between the two. Since then, according tj the police, the two have not n.< t. but O'Pry, who is an insurance collector, left the city for several weeks .-ml on his re? turn shadowed his house. Last night the two met and the living witness to the conversation that took place be? tween the two is B pence, who is in tile city jail, the Charge of murder being entered on the docket against him. There was a bunch Of keys in the hands of the dead man and a small pocket knife I t his side. Coroner Walker si ?1 'ast nigsu that lie would hold the inquest some- time today, and examine a numbei Of wit? nesses who arrived after the shoot? ing occurred. These Include W. W. Bailey, who says that B pence told Ulm t.. stand hack, after the shooting took place. Thos. Nerton, who SO* slsted in the arrest "f Bpenoe; Or. s. J. Peake of Cross Hill, who saw the shooting from his chair near the cor ridor of the Jerome hotel. Be neat \\"ix. and Several others. I At the city jail last night ?pence asked Coronet Walket if O'Pry was dead. He* had no state? ment to make. Very attic It- known of either except that Bpence has been employed by tin- street rallwai com? pany for some time anil O'Prj has II ecu with an insu:.:- ?? .oncern. The I men are each nbout 35 yearn of sge. spence la unmarried, according to Coroner Walker. von vi M i c i 11 p.H \i u \ Senat. \ppie| iau> at.MUMHi for Gettysburg Jubilee. \\ ihington, m t> St.- The senate today passed unanimousi} the bill appropriating 1150 1 8 for the gov? ernment's partieip ib?n in the peace J iibile? d Gettyslm - n 111;'. on the occasion of the I>oth annlversnri ot the battle. The house is . u d to promptly i? . - the senate re* it ion, so that the work under Ihe w, r department's di t( th n n iv begin v. thout delay. Tin work on the More adjacent to the MeCallum Realt) company build i?iu i~ going ahead n w. as is thai en t ie foundation for th< new buildings ,.n the i ornei of ' ibertj and Bumter Streets